Nearly everything the Kansas Wesleyan Men's Basketball team threw at the basket went in on Wednesday night against the arch-rival Bethany Swedes.
The Coyotes shot a blistering 66.1 percent from the field for the game and cruised to a 101-77 victory inside Mabee Arena.
Alex Littlejohn was incredible for the Coyotes again, scoring 26 points and pulling down 12 rebounds after being recognized as becoming KWU's all-time leading scorer on January 11 against Avila.
Izaiah Hale had a break-out game for the Coyotes as well, pouring in 22 points on 8 of 11 shooting.
Bethany had one lead in the game at 2-0, but after that it was all Coyotes all the way.
Back-to-back scores by Evens Appolon got things going for the Coyotes who pushed out to a 9-4 lead on Littlejohn's 3-point with 16:38 left in the first.
Wesleyan kept going, pushing the lead out to 16-6 with 15 minutes left, and kept the lead there.
It seemed like any time Bethany tried to make a run, the Coyotes had an answer. The Swedes cut the difference to five with five straight points, but the Coyotes came right back with five in a row, all from Littlejohn to push the lead back out to 10 at 21-11.
Bethany had it within eight at 27-19 with eight minutes to go in the first when the Coyotes answered back with seven straight capped by Landon Wagler's 3-pointer with 5:49 left to make it 34-19.
Everything was going right for the Coyotes in the first half, even when Littlejohn slipped and threw the ball up to the basket while sitting on the floor, and made it for a highlight reel move while putting KWU up 43-27.
Bethany cut it to nine at the half 47-38.
The start of the second half went back and forth as the teams traded baskets, as KWU went 7 of 8 in the first five minutes, and Bethany was 4 of 5 in the same stretch.
The Swedes were back within nine with 9:45 to go when the Coyotes took over. Six straight Coyote points pushed the lead to 15 at 79-64 and the Coyotes continued to pull away, pushing the lead to 20 on a bucket by Littlejohn with 5:29 to go.
Hale's bucket and free throw with 2:05 left pushed Wesleyan over the century mark as the Coyotes cleared the bench in the final two minutes.
Hunter added 19 and Appolon 10 for the Coyotes. Littlejohn grabbed 12 rebounds helping KWU to a 39-22 rebounding margin. He needs just six rebounds to break the KWU all-time rebounding record that has stood for 75 years.